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I love books.
I'm surrounded by them. Too many than I can count, or read during an average year. Many are unopened, their pages remain virgin territory for my reading.
Others have been worn out from repetitive page turning.
This lens is focused on helping you find the best of online books.
Some are great works of fiction hot off the press. Others are classics from days gone by. And still others are biographies of important people known and unknown.
Get your reading light, a cup of tea, and take a journey to far away places and times.
What's Hot At The New York Times?
Recent reviews from the premiere source for opinions on books: the New York Times.
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What Are You Reading Right Now?
Share your current reading list. Simply click Add To This List, then Help Me Find Products, and type in the author of your book. Feel free to add your name to the end of your description!
Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything by Don Tapscott
Mass collaboration is changing the way we do busin more...2 points
From Credit Repair to Credit Millionaire by Donna L. Fox
My mentor and friend, Donna Fox, has laid out a co more...2 points
The Five Lessons a Millionaire Taught Me About Life and Wealth by Richard Paul Evans
I received this book for free as a new associate o more...1 point
Cashflow Quadrant: Rich Dad's Guide to Financial Freedom by Robert T. Kiyosaki
This book helped me learn the way we make money an more...1 point
Simpleology: The Simple Science of Getting What You Want by Mark Joyner
Don't read anything else unitl you've read this!1 point
A Course in Miracles
Original Manuscript of A Course in Miracles. Inclu more...1 point
The Portable Coach: 28 Sure Fire Strategies For Business And Personal Success by Thomas J. Leonard
This book is very powerful. Thomas Leonard, the f more...0 points
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth by T. Harv Eker
This book changed the way I understood wealth and more...0 points
Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health by L. Ron Hubbard
It never ceases to amaze me what people can get ou more...0 points
The Big Moo: Stop Trying to Be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable by The Group of 33
Great read from one of my favorite authors. Mike P more...0 points
A Meaningful Gift: Passing on the Richness of God's Love by Quester Adams
In A Meaningful Gift: Passing on the Richness of G more...0 points
No Time To Read? Here Are 3 Options For You
- You can give up on ever learning the great stuff that has been written.
- You can check out Audiobooks and read as you do other stuff.
- Or you can have others read books for you and tell you what they're about.
Now obviously, I don't recommend #1, because that's just plain boring.
My first recommendation is to go the audiobook route. Audiobooks have allowed me to read a book every week or two, instead of every three months or so. While I'm driving to school, doing yardwork, or just trying to relax (or even nap!), audiobooks allow me to enrich my life when I can't get to the physical pages.
The two best places for audiobooks I can share with you are Hear2Read.com for digital audiobook downloads, or Bookwise for Audiobooks on CD.
As for having somebody else read for you and tell you the gist, this is becoming very popular.
As a teacher I cringe when I hear the words Cliff's Notes, but the reality is we have a limited amount of time. And as adults, it's OK to skip the bulk of the reading if our lives can be substantially helped out by learning what people have written.
One resource I can share with you for summaries is Soundview Business Book Summaries
. Every month, they take the best business books that have been written and give you the guts in 8 pages. You can download these digitally, or have them mailed to your house. Better yet, why not combine #2 and #3 and have an Audio summary sent to you on CD? That's possible, too, with this service.
Get a free sample, "Winning With People" by clicking the image to the right.
Subscribe To Soundview Executive Book Summaries And Receive 5 Popular Summaries FREE!
Free Public Domain Books - What's New At Project Gutenberg?
Free digital books for your PDA or computer
Project Gutenberg houses classic, public domain books -- over 20,000! The list below are the newest editions.
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Found a great book online? Link to it here! All books listed here should be complete books, and free to read.
How To Tell A Story and Others, by Mark Twain
Classic and brief book from the best story teller more...2 points
Free Business Audio Books - Real Estate Investing
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Free Self Help Audio Books - Alternative Therapies and Anti Aging
Download these free Self Help Audio Books about Al more...1 point
The War of the Worlds, by H. G. Wells
Get ready for the invasion! Can you believe this more...0 points
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Very Short Novels
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Signed By The Author
Steal These Autographed First Editions At EBay!
Check back often, as every day a different author's first edition, autographed book shows up on eBay. Add to your collection, or get it started with one of these books below...
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Head over to the First Edition Lens on Squidoo!
Find more first edition signed books on eBay!
The Dream: Open Your Own Independent Bookstore!
If you love books, you'll fall out of your chaise for this!
Sounds like a pipe dream, I know! But in early March, I gained access to this very dream. Now, I'm able to get the best of new fiction, audiobooks, and biographies for 40% off.
How?
I opened my own independent bookstore as an Associate of Bookwise & Company.
I'd like to invite you to share in this experience. Become a customer of my store, and receive 30% off, or join my team as an independent bookstore owner yourself to receive an extra 10% off!
Head over to OurBookBusiness.com to learn more...
What People Are Reading Now
90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death & Life
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Think and Grow Rich: The Landmark Bestseller--Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Century
Amazon Price: $8.00 (as of 05/13/2008)
The History of Love: A Novel
Amazon Price: $11.16 (as of 05/13/2008)
Choke
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The Top Learning eBooks Online
Put your favorite resources here!
Got a favorite eBook that has taught you a thing or two? Whether specific to a hobby or helping you run a business, add your favorite eBooks here!
Dotcomology - The Science of Making Money Online
This 325 page free eBook gives you everything you more...1 point
Your Easy Guide To YourLuckyList
Find out how to build a list using Gary Ambrose's more...1 point
Through A Mirror Brightly
literature lesson plans from a course in miracles, more...1 point
1st Step To Sewing Success - Sewing Courses | Fitting Pants | How To Sew | Sewing Projects
Discover a remarkable series of easy-to-follow sew more...1 point
Acing Job Interviews - Billy Brand | Self Help Audio Books / Success Audios | Audio Book
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Confidence Plan - Sarah Litvinoff | Self Help Audio Books / Personal Growth Audios | Audio Book
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Get Up and Do It ! - Beechy & Josephine Colclough | Health & Recreation / Self Help Audios | Audio Book
Download this Audio Book: Transform your working a more...1 point
How To Stop Worrying And Start Living - Dale Carnegie | Self Help Audio Books / Motivation Audios | Audio Book
Download this Audio Book: Through Dale Carnegie's more...1 point
How To Win Friends & Influence People - Dale Carnegie | Health & Recreation / Self Help Audios | Audio Book
Download this Audio Book: For over 60 years the ro more...1 point
Tax Strategies Tool Kit
Okay, so this is really a 3-Volume ebook set, incl more...0 points
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What's Up In Your World Of Books?
Got something to say? Whether it's about books, this lens, or Squidoo, spill it below with a quick blurb!
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stemcells
Wonderful source of Information! Posted March 25, 2008 |
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Teacher-of-ACIM
Thanks Bob, Posted June 03, 2007 |
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Mr.BookTranslator
Hi Bob. My life fulls of reading good quality books. Most of them are new Posted April 27, 2007 |
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PaulaFarris
Grear Lens, Bob! I LOVE books. I may never have time to read as many as I'd like to, but I'll keep trying! Thanks for giving me some more possibilities. Posted April 26, 2007 |
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Writertiff
Great lens! Posted April 22, 2007 |
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Isbiz
Nice lens,I love to read,but these days I just listen to them.My favorite site for audio books is Posted April 21, 2007 |
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StuartStirling
Nice lens Bob. I have manhy books too and wish I could get through them all. Maybe I should download a few from your www.hear2read.com". Keep us posted how it goes! Posted April 19, 2007 |
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nar321
Excellent Lenses Posted April 19, 2007 |
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SewingSuccess
As a teacher and author, we can reach more students all over world achieve success through referring good books. Sites like this help reach that goal. I write and promote sewing books at http://www.squidoo.com/sewingbook and on my website at http://www.1ststeptosewingsuccess.com -This is my passion! Posted April 19, 2007 |
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JonBaines
Great Lens Bob, A very good idea. I prefer to read Non Fiction now (either Hard copy or ebooks), However I used to find the 'Choose Your Own Adventure' style books an absorbing read when I was at school. Posted April 19, 2007 |
